Range Vs. Payload

THE RANGE OF AN AIRPLANE is affected by its weight, speed, fuel load, engine R.P.M. and other factors. The effect of each item can best be studied by finding just how each affects the miles per lb. of fuel of the airplane. The miles per lb. of fuel, or specific range, is equal to the speed in miles per hour divided by the pounds of fuel used per hour.

By George S. Schairer14 min

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Curtiss Wright Model 20 Transport

SAFETY AND Economy—on these characteristics has major emphasis been placed throughout the development of the Curtiss-Wright “20” Transport. Each design innovation suggested for consideration has had first to be proved of value in improving these qualities before its adoption could be authorized.

By T. P. Wright12 min

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Checking Up at Braniff

Cutting Through the Heart of America from Chicago to the Mexican Border, Braniff Makes Connections with Every Major System on the Continent.

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THE AVIATION NEWS

Logging the Lines

That new Authority faces some tough ones

By DAN SAYRE7 min

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THE AVIATION NEWS

As Others Fly It

Prestige routes keep Europe’s transport in deep red

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Flashes

From the Skyways of the World

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Howard Hughes Radio

TO GET THE COMPLETE RADIO PICTURE of the Hughes flight, it is necessary to cover it from two different points of view. The first, perhaps of the greatest interest, is the installation in the plane itself. The second covers the arrangements made for contact with the plane from the ground.

By Donald Fink6 min

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THE AVIATION NEWS

Hughes Flight Had Long Planning; Start Sets Wing-loading Record

THIS IS NO “NEWS STORY” of Hughes’ flight from Floyd Bennett Field to Floyd Bennett Field. Anyone who doesn’t know the main facts about the way young Hughes and four companions last month flew round the world in half a week must be so far beyond the reach of the printed and the broadcast word that this magazine would never reach him anyway.

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Scouting the Squadrons

England doubles our biggest air budget

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Fix Calculator

The Fairchild-Maxson Line of Position Computer relieves navigators of mathematical computations